Jewish Languages from A to Z av Aaron D. Rubin, Lily Kahn

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<P><EM>Jewish Languages from A to Z</EM> provides an engaging and enjoyable overview of the rich variety of languages spoken and written by Jews over the past three thousand years. </P><P></P><P>The book covers more than 50 different languages and language varieties. These include not only well-known Jewish languages like Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino, but also more exotic languages like Chinese, Esperanto, Malayalam, and Zulu, all of which have a fascinating Jewish story to be told. Each chapter presents the special features of the language variety in question, a discussion of the history of the associated Jewish community, and some examples of literature and other texts produced in it. The book thus takes readers on a stimulating voyage around the Jewish world, from ancient Babylonia to 21st-century New York, via such diverse locations as Tajikistan, South Africa, and the Caribbean. The chapters are accompanied by numerous full-colour photographs of the literary treasures pro